Extra Spicy, hosted by Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips, adheres to one core belief: Race and politics are inseparable from the kitchen table. A conversation with Hawa Hassan honors African cuisine—and also confronts tokenism and how it manifested at Bon Appétit. Another episode considers how vital pop-ups in Oakland, California, have been for feeding people and reflects on the treatment of Black and brown street vendors. The show questions if the media surrounding free meals is poverty porn, and even connects sex work to foodie culture. Food discourse’s evolution has been well documented: Stuffy white-linen tablecloths gave way to the give-the-people-what-they-want mantra embodied by chefs such as David Chang. Ho and Phillips are writing the new curriculum, which studies all the topics we were told to never discuss at the dinner table.